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thanks for clarifying and your quick response! :-)
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Norwegian Study Suggests Digital Mammography Reduces False Positives
April 22, 2014
A Norwegian study suggests that digital mammograms have a lower call-back rate than film mammograms. Read more...0 -
Experimental Type of Digital Mammogram Seems Promising
April 22, 2014
A study suggests that an experimental type of digital mammogram, called
digital mammography with photon-counting technique, is slightly more
accurate and exposes the breasts to less radiation than traditional
digital mammograms. Read more...0 -
Two Studies Say Mammography Screening Needs Individualized Approach
May 1, 2014
Experts from Harvard and the University of California-San Francisco
recommend customized breast cancer screening plans for women to ensure
the benefits and minimize any risks from mammograms. Read more...0 -
Pain Common One Year After Breast Cancer Surgery
May 1, 2014
More than half of women who have breast cancer surgery have continuing pain a year after surgery, according to a Finnish study. Read more...0 -
Lumpectomy for Early-Stage Triple-Negative Disease Doesn’t Seem to Increase Risk of Breast Cancer Coming Back in Same Breast
May 1, 2014
Research suggests that women diagnosed with triple-negative breast
cancer who have lumpectomy and radiation don’t have a higher risk of
local recurrence than women who have mastectomy. Read more...0 -
More Research Suggests Infertility Treatments Don’t Increase Breast Cancer Risk
May 8, 2014
Another study suggests that infertility treatments don’t appear to increase breast cancer risk. Read more...0 -
Healthy Eating After Diagnosis Improves Survival
May 8, 2014
Research suggests that postmenopausal women who eat a healthy diet after
a breast cancer diagnosis are less likely to die from breast cancer or
any other cause. Read more...0 -
New ASCO Guidelines Say Not All Women Need Axillary Lymph Node Surgery
May 12, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has put out new
guidelines on sentinel lymph node biopsy for people diagnosed with
early-stage breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Breast MRI Before Surgery Doesn’t Reduce Recurrence Risk
May 12, 2014
Breast MRI before breast cancer surgery doesn’t lower the risk of the
cancer coming back, either in the breast area or in a part of the body
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Aromasin Doesn’t Seem to Affect Quality of Life in Women Taking It Preventively
May 12, 2014
A study has found that Aromasin had only a slight effect on quality of
life for most undiagnosed, high-risk postmenopausal women taking the
medicine to reduce risk. Read more...0 -
False Positive Mammogram Results Cause Anxiety, but It’s Short-Term
May 20, 2014
A study has found that while false positive mammogram results
cause anxiety and stress, the anxiety is short-term and doesn’t affect a
woman’s overall health and well-being. Read more...0 -
ASCO Develops New Guidelines Addressing Issues Faced by Cancer Survivors
May 20, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has developed new guidelines
on three problems that cancer survivors often deal with: fatigue,
neuropathy, and anxiety and depression. Read more...0 -
I think I can speak for the majority of us when I say that we would have been thrilled with a false positive ... Instead of the positive that we were given! ;-)
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With regard to the study above about false positive mammograms, I think I can speak for the majority of us when I say that we would have been thrilled to have had our scans turn out to be false positives! ;-)
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Definitely! And even though my cancer was missed in 2012 (noted but not identified as cancerous), it was caught in 2013 and had not spread to the lymph nodes. Neither my doctor nor I could feel it. If I hadn't had a mammogram, it would still be growing and possibly spreading.
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http://sheltonherald.com/14661/u-s-rep-delauro-works-to-end-drive-through-mastectomies/
One congresswoman is attempting to end "drive-thru mastectomies."
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Diet High in Saturated Fat Linked to Higher Risk of HER2-Negative, Hormone-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
May 28, 2014
A European study suggests that a diet high in fat, particularly
saturated fat, is linked to a greater risk of hormone-receptor-positive
breast cancer, as well as breast cancer that is HER2-negative. Still,
there are questions about the study. Read more...0 -
Follow-Up Care of Cancer Survivors Needs Improvement According to National Survey
May 30, 2014
Results from a national survey of oncologists and primary care doctors
suggest that most cancer survivors are on their own when it comes to
survivorship care. Read more...0 -
Experimental Medicine Plus Standard Chemotherapy Helps Treat HER2-Positive, Hormone-Receptor-Negative Disease
May 30, 2014
An experimental targeted therapy medicine plus a standard chemotherapy
regimen before surgery for HER2-positive, hormone-receptor-negative
breast cancer offers more benefits than the standard chemotherapy
regimen alone. Read more...0 -
Unemployment Common After Breast Cancer Treatment
May 30, 2014
A study found that nearly 33% of women diagnosed with
early-stage breast cancer who were working when they began treatment
were unemployed 4 years later. Read more...0 -
Updated ASCO Guidelines Recommend Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy for 10 Years Instead of 5
May 30, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has developed new guidelines
recommending that all women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive
breast cancer be offered the option of taking hormonal therapy for 10
years. Read more...0 -
ASCO Publishes Special Series of Articles on Pain in People With Cancer
May 30, 2014
To provide practical approaches to managing cancer pain, the American
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) developed a special series of 14
articles on pain in people with cancer, including breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Women Who Receive Chest Radiation Therapy to Treat Childhood Cancer Have Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
June 5, 2014
Research suggests that women who had radiation to the chest to treat
childhood cancer, such as Hodgkin lymphoma, have a risk of breast cancer
that’s 20 times higher than average -- even higher than doctors have
thought. Read more...0 -
Aromasin Plus Ovarian Suppression Reduces Recurrence Risk Better Than Tamoxifen Plus Ovarian Suppression in Younger Women
June 6, 2014
The combined results of two studies suggest that the aromatase inhibitor
Aromasin on top of ovarian suppression reduces recurrence risk more
than tamoxifen in premenopausal women. Read more...0 -
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Higher Risk of Breast Cancer, Even Without Chest Radiation
June 10, 2014
A study suggests that women who had childhood cancer have a much
higher-than-average risk of breast cancer even if they never had
radiation to the chest. Read more...0 -
Vitamin D Doesn’t Seem to Be Linked to Recurrence Risk or Survival Rates, but There Are Questions About Study
June 11, 2014
A large study suggests that there is no link between vitamin D and
overall survival or disease-free survival in women diagnosed with breast
cancer with a high risk of recurrence. Still, there are questions about
the study. Read more...0 -
Zoladex
May Help Preserve Fertility in Women Diagnosed With Early-Stage,
Hormone-Receptor-Negative Disease Treated With Chemotherapy
June 21, 2014
A study suggests that women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-negative,
early-stage breast cancer who were treated with Zoladex in addition to
chemotherapy before surgery were much less likely to be infertile after
chemotherapy ended. Read more...0 -
MRI Finds Breast Cancer Early in Survivors of Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
June 24, 2014
A study has found that MRI can detect breast cancer in survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma early, when it’s most treatable. Read more...0 -
Many Women Who Have Double Mastectomy Have Low Risk of Developing Cancer in Other Breast
June 24, 2014
A study suggests that most women who have contralateral prophylactic
mastectomy have a very low risk of cancer developing in the other
healthy breast. Read more...0
